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NASA/Stennis Space CenterOfficial Flag Raising at MTO (1/1/1962)

Government officials officially raise the American flag for the first time in front of the Rouchon House in 1962 at the Mississippi Test Operations, denoting NASA's presence in South Mississippi. Pictured, from left, are: Bart Slattery, public affairs officer; Dr. Wernher von Braun, director; Capt. William Fortune, first site manager; Dr. George Constan, manager, Michoud Assembly Facility; Dr. Oswald Lange, chief, Saturn Program Office; Dr. Hermann Weidener, chief, Structures and Mechanics Laboratory; Dr. Karl Heimburg, director, Test Laboratory; and Dan Driscoll, Test Laboratory.


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Mediatype: image
Rights: Public Domain
Creator: NASA/Stennis Space Center
Date: 1/1/1962
Year: 1962
Source: http://www.ssc.nasa.gov/sirs/
What: Saturn
What: MTO
Where: Mississippi
Where: Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)
Identifier: 97-031
Addeddate: 2009-08-26 16:51:16
Publicdate: 2009-08-26 16:58:25
Keywords: history, flag, Mississippi Test Operations; What -- Saturn; What -- MTO; Where -- Mississippi; Where -- Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)

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